Tuesday, 11 December 2018

"Not everyone can be lucky (nor beautiful!), but everyone can be virtuous".

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Putting this headline on today's youtube video reminded me of one of the first sentences I ever "wrote" in Chinese (back when ...
Sunday, 2 December 2018

As Dominoes tend to fall in one and the same direction…

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Many of you have known me over the internet for 4 years by now (some for 2 years, and so on).  Things have only gotten worse.  They're s...
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Writing to an atheist podcast about the problem of replacing Christmas.

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Hi, I'm a nihilistic atheist (I reject much more than just monotheism) and I'm writing with a topic suggestion for your considera...
Sunday, 18 November 2018

The most dangerous academic discipline became boring.

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Dept. of Misc. Political Dissent.
Saturday, 3 November 2018

Sarcasm for Social Change. :-/

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Apparently nobody has made a t-shirt that reads, "Sarcasm for social change" —so I have to do it.
Sunday, 29 July 2018

A Funny Story From My Time as a Denizen of the Chinese Language School.

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The tale of a doomed gym romance, in the distinctive setting of Keats Language School (of Kunming, China). 我住在一个语言学校。这个地方有好处和坏处。所有的学生是成...
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

人人有责

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Monday, 11 June 2018

Sources on Aristotle's Political Context & Career.

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(This short post implicitly relates to a youtube video on the same topic, to be found on my channel, here: https://www.youtube.com/playli...
Tuesday, 5 June 2018

About Peer Review (Again)

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The original cartoon is attributed to "Sheneman", and can be found here: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/sheneman_c...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Giving advice to a suicidal (long-time) viewer.

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[Question from a viewer.] Hi Eisel. I'm a 17 year old from [an English-speaking country] and have been a fan of your YouTube channel for...